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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821416503321

Autore

Kennedy Douglas.

Titolo

Stochastic financial models / / Douglas Kennedy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2010

ISBN

0-429-18478-6

1-4200-9346-0

1-4398-8271-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Chapman & Hall/CRC financial mathematics series

Disciplina

332.632042

Soggetti

Investments - Mathematical models

Stochastic analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Portfolio choice -- 2. The binomial model -- 3. A general discrete-time model -- 4. Brownian motion -- 5. The Black-Scholes model -- 6. Interest-rate models.

Sommario/riassunto

Portfolio ChoiceIntroductionUtilityMean-variance analysisThe Binomial ModelOne-period modelMulti-period modelA General Discrete-Time ModelOne-period modelMulti-period modelBrownian MotionIntroductionHitting-time distributionsGirsanov's theoremBrownian motion as a limitStochastic calculusThe Black-Scholes ModelIntroductionThe Black-Scholes formulaHedging and the Black-Scholes equationPath-dependent claimsDividend-paying assetsInterest-Rate ModelsIntroductionSurvey of interest-rate modelsGaussian random-field modelAppendix A: Mathematical PreliminariesAppendix B: Solutions to the ExercisesFurthe